A super blood moon appears over southern Chinese city Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, May 26, 2021. (Photo/VCG)
A super moon and total lunar eclipse simultaneously occurred in the night sky on Wednesday night.
The moon turns "red" when the sunlight passes through the atmosphere and the lunar eclipse occurs when the moon approaches nearest to the Earth. A blood moon looks much bigger and lighter than usual.
A super blood moon and lunar eclipse is pictured over Beijing, May 26, 2021. (China News Service/Tian Yuhao)
A super blood moon and lunar eclipse is pictured at Beihai Park in Beijing, May 26, 2021. (China News Service/Tian Yuhao)
A super blood moon hangs in the sky over Fuzhou, southeast China’s Fujian, May 26, 2021. (China News Service/Zhang Bin)
A lunar eclipse is captured in Taiyuan, China’s Shanxi Province, May 26, 2021. (China News Service/Wu Junjie)
A super blood moon and lunar eclipse is seen in the wild in Liuzhou, China’s Guangxi, May 26, 2021. (China News Service/Wang Yizhao)
A super blood moon shines over Whampoa port in Hong Kong, May 26, 2021. (China News Service/Li Zhihua)
A super blood moon and lunar eclipse is seen between buildings of Brasilia, the capital of Brazil, May 26,2021. (Photo/Agencies)
A plane appears against the backdrop of a super blood moon over Santa Monica Bay, California, the United States. (Photo/Agencies)
People appreciate “Lunar eclipse and a super blood moon” in Bali, Indonesia, May 26, 2021. (Photo/Agencies)
A super blood moon and lunar eclipse is shrouded in thin clouds over Stonehenge, England, UK. (Photo/Agencies)
